Illustration provided by: IFAS, Center for Aquatic Plants, University of Florida, Gainsville, 1990

Key Characteristics:

• Bright green, "fir tree-like" emergent leaves and stems.
• Leaflets arranged in whorls (4-6) around the stem with each leaflet having a feather-like pattern.
• Dense mat of intertwined brownish stems (rhizomes) in the water with abundant long roots.
• Reddish, feathery-leafed, very limp submersed leaves may be present.

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